Doria Roberts will discuss her life experience as an African American lesbian,
growing up poor, going to school with the wealthy, activism, and how to avoid life choices informed by society’s expectations.

Participants will be introduced to a model for understanding the impact
of abuse survivorship on intimate relationships. Experiential exercises will be used to explore experiences of connection
and disconnection in relationships.

Wilder 211

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

When Fitting in isn't an Option: The Marginalization of Gay and Gender Non-Conforming Black Male
Students in an Urban High School / Lance McCready

Lance McCready will discuss the ways gender and sexuality compound the
marginalization of Black gay male students in an inner-city high school.

West Lecture Hall

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Educational Film Screening and Discussion / Jason Tompkins

Participants will view and discuss a recent documentary.

Wilder 211

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Reading / Nalo Hopkinson

Author Nalo Hopkinson will read selections from her fiction.

Wilder 112

9:00 PM

Deep Dickollective Performance

Hip Hop artists D/DC will perform their original work.

Cat in the Cream

Saturday, April 23

9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Registration/Information Table

Wilder Lobby

9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Wilder Lobby

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Workshop / BlackOut Unlimited

Members of BlackOut Unlimited, Cleveland's premiere Black LGBT organization,
will present a workshop.

Wilder 211

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Intimacy and the Idea of Play in PoC Communities / Ingrid Rivera

What is intimacy, sex, BDSM, fantasy/roleplay, and fetish? Why does understanding
them matter, especially if you are not practicing them? In this workshop we will discuss myths and realities of these forms
of play/intimacy, what the terms mean to us individually, and why it's relevant to PoC communities.

This workshop features group discussions about how gender is distinct
from other identities like sex, sexuality, race, class and more, but how gender is also connected to these identities. We
will begin with a kind of gender 101 introducation. Participants might break into groups based on identity and familiarity
with discussion topics. In particular, we will consider how race impacts perceptions of gender and why some non-gender-normative
behavior and identity are more socially acceptable than others. Resource packets will be available.

Finding Each and Other(s): A discussion of queer polyamorist experiences in the black freak diaspora
/ Nalo Hopkinson and Juba Kalamka

Oakland Poet/emcee Juba Kalamka met Canadian science fiction/fantasy
author Nalo Hopkinson through email in 1999 following the publication of his coming out story in the bisexual magazine "Anything
That Moves." Six years later, both have primary partners, yet have remained long distance friends and lovers in a relationship
both would describe as "too complicated to explain" in a few sentences. What they can explain, however, is the nature of their
attractions to non-traditional relationships and how that desire has complicated, enriched, and expanded their notions of
self and connectedness within the African diasporic communities and beyond. Dialogue to be followed by audience Q and A.

Wilder 215

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Educational Film Screening and Discussion / Jason Tompkins

Participants will view and discuss a recent documentary.

Wilder 211

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

From Discussion to Action / Allison Curseen

A practical conversation with Allison Curseen, Campus/Community Collaboration
Leader, on moving from thought to action in the service of queer communities of color. In this conversation, the group will
actively explore challenges, possibilities, and strategies for bringing activism into the community as individuals and as
a group.

Wilder 215

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Spirituality Discussion / Moderator TBA

Open discussion of faith, spirituality, and religion. How can out or
closeted queer/LGBT/non-gender-normative, polyamorous and "non-traditional" individuals and families of African descent find
and build spiritual communities that accept us wholly? What roles can allies play? What fundamental changes have been made
and need to be made in spiritual communities to make them more truly open and affirming?

Wilder 315

8:00 PM

Open Mic / Ingrid Rivera, Host

An open mic, starting off with a performance by Ingrid Rivera, followed
by an open opportunity for conference participants to share their work.

The 'Sco

10:00 PM - 1:00 AM

Conference Party

An informal opportunity to unwind with music and dancing.

The 'Sco

Sunday, April 24

9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Environmental Studies Center

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Closing Conversation

Where do we go from here? WOWH organizers will conclude the conference
with closing thoughts and artists will share creative works.

Environmental Studies Center

12:00 PM

Closing Banquet

Catered by El Kefon; tickets $1-$5, sliding scale, available at the registration/information
table.